=The Teacher and the Library.=—“The position of a modern librarian in a high school,” says Principal McAndrew,[5] of the Washington Irving High School, New York, “seems to me like that of a missionary in a heathen country. No one but a librarian can realize what an astounding amount of ignorance we high school teachers exhibit regarding the purpose and operation of a library. Time and again in my library experience I have observed teachers searching through reference books who were too poorly trained to look in the table of contents and too proud to ask for help.” A frank confession from the teacher is good for the soul of both the teacher and the librarian. Certainly the classroom teacher must inform herself more thoroughly on the rudiments of library methods if she is to work in successful co-operation with the school librarian. Normal schools are now giving instruction in library economy. The Oregon Library Commission has published a broadside listing under forty-three heads, “Some things a teacher should know about books and libraries.” The list has been reprinted by the Michigan State Library Commission with slight revision. As specimens the following may be cited: 1. What are the best cyclopedias? 2. What dictionaries are best for school use and how do they differ? 3. What books can you consult to find out whether certain subscription sets urged upon the district by agents have any value? 4. What is the best printed aid to the formation of a teacher’s professional library? 5. Where will you find annual summaries of the books on education, with notes as to their value? 6. What U. S. public documents would be of value to you in your school work and how may they be obtained? 7. What are the best printed lists of books for children and how much will they cost? 8. What are the best graded lists of children’s books? 9. Where can you get notes about children’s books that will be of service in guiding the reading of the children in your grade? 10. What are the best books for reading aloud in your grade? 11. What are the best collections of poetry for children? 12. What books may be the best stepping-stones for the boy who is a slave to the “nickel library” habit? 13. What simple, accurate, scientific books will you give to the boys who are, or may become, interested in natural science; and what will you choose for those who wish to identify specimens of insects, of minerals and rocks, of birds, and of flowers? 14. If you do not know about these books how will you inform yourself? 15. What are some of the best biographies for children? 16. What are some of the good books of travel for use in geography work? 17. How can you find what magazine articles have been written about any subject and how can you get these articles for the use of the debating society? 18. What are the best books for the debating society? 19. What are the best periodicals for children?